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Mandy! Snow and sleet is breaking out across the higher elevations of central PA this morning. Here is the view from a webcam in Kane, PA -- (link) - decline Nov 9, 06:50 2
- it sleeted on me as I crossed the street exiting the bus this morning. good thing I had an umbrella! -- nmbspoiler - amanda Nov 9, 06:51 1
  - "Don't Sleet On Me" should be a tshirt -- nm - Max Nov 9, 06:53
Steelers starting to look like a steamroller.... -- nm - Beaker Nov 9, 06:49 2
- And how in the absolute fuck do they roll up 52 points and I only get 14 out of Connor? nm - The Mayor of Slamtown Nov 9, 06:50
- Leveon who? -- nm - groiny Nov 9, 06:50
OH crap! What happens to Space Force now that the Dem's have the house?!? -- (link) - decline Nov 9, 06:39 4
- it flies into a wall -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 9, 14:03
- GOP skeptical? so will vote in favour but feel a little bad about it afterward? -- nm - Beaker Nov 9, 06:48
- If Hollywood made a kick-ass space force movie that made Trump look amazing, he'd drop the whole thing. - Inigo Nov 9, 06:45
- Reality. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 9, 06:45
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- He will propose a bunch of crazy things that the house will oppose, and will campaign on how the dems want you to die from invading hordes that the... - zeitgeist Nov 9, 14:09
- Well, he's banning reporters - so continuing his assault on the media is one thing. Also, who knows what else is coming... - The Mayor of Slamtown Nov 9, 06:41
- You think not having control of the House will stop him? -- nm - znufrii Nov 9, 06:32 4
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    - He's going to start lashing out for sure. This is the kind of thing that hurts his approval rating though -- (edited) - Reagen Nov 9, 06:39 2
      - Yep - they like the tax cuts and the Supreme Court picks, but that doesn't mean they're on board with Trump using his office to solve his personal - Roger More Nov 9, 06:47
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- Well, he's going to try to get rid of naturalization. Sending it up to the Supreme Court, imo. - Inigo Nov 9, 06:31 1
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- Dude comes up with something insane every single week. Literally a thousand things can happen between now and then. NK summit was 150 days ago. Seems like years. -- nm* - Volnelk Nov 9, 06:30
- I mean, he has literally proposed concentration camps capable of holding 20m people. -- nm - Reagen Nov 9, 06:28
- He'll attempt to use his AG to put political opponents in congress in jail. -- nm - Max Nov 9, 06:27
Toronto Star trolling level: Expert. "Ontario kids don't have up-to-date sex-ed, but they can learn from Conservative politicians." -- (link) - Andie Nov 9, 06:24 1
- heh -- nm - Beaker Nov 9, 06:46
heh: "Given Trump is already distancing himself from Whitaker, I am beginning to think this dude doesn't even make it 1 Scaramucci." -- (link) - decline Nov 9, 06:22 5
- Is 1 Scaramucci less than a nanosecond? Where's crash davis to give us a 10 paragraph story on how it's measured? -- nm - Inigo Nov 9, 06:25 4
  - A scaramucci is ten days. -- nm - Reagen Nov 9, 06:27 3
    - A scaramini is 10 hours, and a scaramanga is ten months. -- nm - Max Nov 9, 06:31 2
      - A scalabrine is 6' 9" long and a poor unit of measurement. -- nm - Krusty Nov 9, 06:45 1
        
        Hee -- nm - Tim Nov 9, 06:59
Man, the writers are just getting super lazy with character names. -- (link) - Reagen Nov 9, 06:13
WH staff: "Wait, he did what?" -- (link) - Reagen Nov 9, 06:10
Destiny 2: It's double Infamy weekend in Gambit. -- nm - Shaun Nov 9, 06:10 4
- Blah, though I will be playing for like 6 hours tonight. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 9, 06:47 3
  - I just finished beating the 5 majors on Tangled Shore -- nm - groiny Nov 9, 06:48 1
    - Nice - let me know, I can probably help with the next campaign step you have. - JaxSean Nov 9, 06:53
  - I do kind of agree with David, I like Gambit alot -- nm - groiny Nov 9, 06:48
The last one got me. -- (link) - Reagen Nov 9, 06:07
FlyJamaica flight heading to Toronto crash landed in Guyana this morning. Only 6 injured. Nice work, pilot! -- (link) - Andie Nov 9, 06:04 1
- He may have been going the wrong way. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 9, 06:08
Is ST aware of Feejays? If not, you're welcome. -- (link) - Volnelk Nov 9, 05:56 4 1
- Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 9, 06:04
- “Just peel, and reveal! Your hands!” -- nm - mafic Nov 9, 06:04
- It changes everything -- nm - decline Nov 9, 06:02
- No. As in, "No, not on your life". -- nm - Reagen Nov 9, 06:01
Best Buy US BF flyer. -- (link) - Shaun Nov 9, 05:55
This can't be legal. -- (link) - David Nov 9, 05:53 9
- I saw that last night and was angry at the cackling parent. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 9, 06:47
- Nope, kid who scored was totally offside. -- nm - mafic Nov 9, 05:55 4
  - No he wasn't. He was behind 2 defenders at the moment of the kick. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 9, 05:57 3
    - He wasn't offside because the ball came off a defender, actually -- nm - znufrii Nov 9, 06:32
    - You two are ruining a great video with your soccer! -- nm - David Nov 9, 05:57 1
      - I have some notes for that defender in the foreground too. -- nm - mafic Nov 9, 05:59
- i can only hope - prayformojo Nov 9, 05:54 2
  - It kind of adds a Foosball element. -- nm - David Nov 9, 06:01
  - Drunk hooligan. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 9, 05:56
CNN: "Nancy Pelosi confident she will be next House speaker" - David Nov 9, 05:44
50/50 winner from Caps/Penguins game donated his winnings to the shooting victims from the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh ($19,285) -- (link) - Beaker Nov 9, 05:43
This is some bullshit! -- (pic) - TWuG Nov 9, 05:34 [Attachment] 1
- Too soon! -- nm - Krusty Nov 9, 05:36
CBeebies Bedtime Stories: How Tom Hardy, Dolly Parton, and now Orlando Bloom, won bedtime -- (link) - LMS Nov 9, 05:28 1
- I enjoyed the Chris Evans one -- nm - Epiphany Nov 9, 06:53
Reports of an active shooter situation at North Carolina high school (no immediate injuries reported) -- (link*) - Beaker Nov 9, 05:21 7
- Here is a strange update. -- (link) - David Nov 9, 05:32 4
  - Okay, it appears that this is correct. No active shooter, just a broken HVAC unit. -- nm - David Nov 9, 05:46 2
    - When you really think about it, and active shooter in a faulty HVAC unit... -- nm - Spawn Nov 9, 06:42
    - wow -- nm - prayformojo Nov 9, 05:50
  - the timing seemed strange in the original report. Started at 6:30 and school doesn't start till 8:30...so hopefully -- nm - Beaker Nov 9, 05:34
- If the flag is already at half mast, do you lower it by half again? - Reagen Nov 9, 05:24 1
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wow, John Mellencamp is *not* looking good these days -- nm - prayformojo Nov 9, 05:08 7
- did he ever? -- nm - groiny Nov 9, 06:41
- Yeah, their announcement doodle was rather accurate. -- nm - Spawn Nov 9, 05:45
- Too many Wild Nights with Me'shell Ndege'ocello? -- nm* - Baron Dresden, Wizard Nov 9, 05:44
- When the bf and I were sitting next to him and Meg Ryan a few years ago at dinner, she looked great, and he looked rough. -- nm - MDH Nov 9, 05:20
- He was always sort of rough looking. -- nm - Reagen Nov 9, 05:19 1
  - rough was fine. rough and bloated is....yikes -- nm - prayformojo Nov 9, 05:20
- Are YOU engaged to America's sweetheart? - David Nov 9, 05:14
Tom Hiddleston to return as Loki in new TV series -- (link) - LMS Nov 9, 04:45
Grinch 58% (40/29), Overlord 83% (58/12), Girl in the Spider's Web 48% (42/46), Widows 96% (92/4), Ballad of Buster Scruggs 95% (52/3) -- nm - Beaker Nov 9, 04:38 4
- Buster Scruggs debuts on Netflix next Friday, 11/16, BTW. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 9, 05:00 1
  - can't wait. love a good western. Outlaw King is out already too iirc....Captain Kirk penis (if you're into that...) -- nm* - Beaker Nov 9, 05:07
- I'll be seeing Widows this weekend. -- nm - LMS Nov 9, 04:42
- Fantastic Beasts 2 58% (19/14) -- nm - Beaker Nov 9, 04:38
I miss reading Ebert's movie reviews on Fridays -- nm - prayformojo Nov 9, 04:33 3
- He had some crazy ass opinions, but those were the fun ones to read. -- nm - Reagen Nov 9, 05:00
- I'm good. - Marlowe Nov 9, 04:48
- will my post compiling other people's reviews help? :) -- nm - Beaker Nov 9, 04:39
Here are Wal-Mart's BF videogame deals if you're interested. -- (link) - David Nov 9, 04:33
Ever want to grab someone by the lapel and shake them into unconsciousness? -- (link) - Reagen Nov 9, 04:15 28
- daily -- nm - groiny Nov 9, 06:42
- i hate them -- nm - Andie Nov 9, 05:52 1
  - and it is because they know better. they know that all the crap they are buying is only making them more unhappy, and they keep going. -- nm - Andie Nov 9, 06:01
- good lord, I got stressed reading that -- nm - prayformojo Nov 9, 05:49
- honestly they remind me of my SIL. whoa is me constantly on money but then when we see them again "where'd you get the $200 sneakers?" - Beaker Nov 9, 05:47
- *smh* I'm not very good with money but I am so thankful I'm not them. Jebus. -- nm - Krusty Nov 9, 05:23 12
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    - Reading it, they really felt like victims to me. Victims of a system that convinced them to their core - Guigue Nov 9, 05:35
    - The seeming unwillingness to sacrifice anything to help their situation though - Reagen Nov 9, 05:34 7
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        There was a bit in the show Continuum - Reagen Nov 9, 06:00
      - Yeah, it’s a weird place to be totally aware of what you’re doing, and totally unwilling to do anything about it. -- nm - mafic Nov 9, 05:43 3
        
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        I don’t hate them. I see how you can get there, but usually there’s a lot more denial about your situation. - mafic Nov 9, 05:49 1
        
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      - stop buying $15 sushi for your kid. -- nm - Beaker Nov 9, 05:35
    - For sure there's a predatory aspect to all of it. I used to spend without thought so my comment was more that I'm glad I never ended up - Krusty Nov 9, 05:33 1
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  - Your student loan situation is legitimately bonkers - there's no reason post secondary should cost that much. - Reagen Nov 9, 05:30 1
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- "I do all the bills. I don’t know how I ended up with it, but I’m pretty good at it." NO YOU ARE NOT. -- nm - Beaker Nov 9, 05:09
- I hope that expensive private school they have subsidized access to gives classes on basic finance. -- nm - Roger More Nov 9, 05:08
- I hate those people. - Will Hunting Nov 9, 04:49 3
  - "maybe *this* unsolicited credit card will solve all our problems!" - Reagen Nov 9, 05:26 2
    - word to the im. -- nm - Beaker Nov 9, 05:45
    - Yeah. They’re very much “do the immediately easy thing, don’t think about consequences.” -- nm - mafic Nov 9, 05:45
- jfc -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Nov 9, 04:45
If you need a laugh, here's the episode of 'Would I Lie to You' with Olivia Colman (Peep Show reunion!) -- (link) - LMS Nov 9, 04:00 [youtube]
TV PSA: Blindspot, Dynasty, Fresh off the Boat, Gold Rush, Last Man Standing, L&O SVU, MacGyver, Live PD, Speechless, Cool Kids, Child Support, -- nm - Beaker Nov 9, 03:53 1
- Crazy Ex-GF, Hawaii 5-O, Hell's Kitchen, Midnight Texas, Z Nation, Blue Bloods, Bill Maher, Van Helsing, Great British Baking Show (Netflix), other stuff -- nm* - Beaker Nov 9, 03:55
With all the bad things happening in America, it's almost as if its built on ancient Native burial grounds. -- nm - fb friend Nov 9, 00:16 1
- Did you give him the bad news? -- nm - GregW Nov 9, 01:23
Federal Judge blocks Keystone pipeline contruction till environmental survey complete and issues addressed -- (link) - zeitgeist Nov 9, 00:09
Light moment in today's darkness - seeing Fedex delivering to a UPS Store :) -- nm - Meg Nov 8, 23:21 1
- ha! -- nm - prayformojo Nov 9, 04:23
The town of Paradise has been completely destroyed in the Camp Fire (local tv news) thousands of structures gone -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 8, 23:11 7
- Yikes. (As a sidenote, I didn't realize Chico was north of Sacramento, I thought it was down near LA for some reason) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 8, 23:16 3
  - Possibly confusing with Chino? I do that occasionally. -- nm - Meg Nov 8, 23:22 2
    - Yep, most likely. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 8, 23:23 1
      - And we could be looking at something similar down here north of L.A. if they can't get a handle on our two fires. It's bad. -- nm - Meg Nov 8, 23:28
- chico paper article, over 1000 buildings burned, multiple deaths, east chico being evacuated -- (link) - zeitgeist Nov 8, 23:15
- 'multiple deaths' are reported :( -- nm - Meg Nov 8, 23:14 1
  - I have a great uncle who lives in Paradise only living male left from my Grandfathers siblings - eag Nov 8, 23:36
They weren't kidding about the Santa Ana conditions tonight. Wrestled with the steering all the way to Irvine and back. Humidity @ 12% - Meg Nov 8, 23:00
Rainn on the Thousand Oaks fire -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 8, 22:44
Fuck. Evacuation orders have hit the edge of Chico - Amoxy Nov 8, 21:52 5
- Sometimes, survival is victory. Survive this, and keep us informed. -- nm - landbeck Nov 9, 02:14
- Be safe. -- nm - budice Nov 9, 00:57
- Be safe, man. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 8, 21:55 2
  - This. Stay safe, update us when you can. - JaxSean Nov 8, 22:13 1
    - this. -- nm - peglegpete Nov 8, 22:23
Joe Walsh is doing a benefit for Veterans on sunday in Tacoma. it's an interesting group of friends joining him. -- (link) - peglegpete Nov 8, 21:39 3
- got tickets last month -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 8, 21:57 1
  - if they are smart, they will be making dvd's of it you buy going in and will pick up after the show. AND have FUN!!!! -- nm* - peglegpete Nov 8, 22:13
- Haim! -- nm - Mop Nov 8, 21:44
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez can't afford to move to D.C. -- (link) - Mop Nov 8, 21:30 6
- Her tweet about it ... -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 8, 21:48 2
  - maybe the Obama's can let her stay in the girl's room (I think they still have a place in DC( -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 8, 22:02 1
    - They live in DC as their kids are still in school there. -- nm - Krusty Nov 9, 05:03
- I have a feeling she can get a credit card. -- nm - Spawn Nov 8, 21:39 2
  - a loan shouldn't be difficult. I can see why you wouldn't want to, but it's there. -- nm - mafic Nov 9, 03:02
  - the White House always has a few empty bedrooms -- nm - peglegpete Nov 8, 21:41
the world's largest hot sauce collection -- (link) - peglegpete Nov 8, 21:29 1
- In my pants! -- nm - Mop Nov 8, 21:45

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